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A Feast For Crows [nsfw]
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Moved into my new studio space last weekend, all of this is still wet, in oil. Sorry for poor pic quality. Trying to make a large amount of work in a little space of time, its pretty tough.
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How are you painting on that wood with no gesso or drywall paint stopping the oil from seeping into it, though?
Beautiful work, loving the white girl in the dress.
Last one's face seems to be lacking a little structure though.
http://kvitella.carbonmade.com
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=91454
Dont people paint standing up? Well at least thats what my art teacher does, to incorporate whole body movement into his work but he is really strange sometimes. How do you guys paint standing or sitting?
I don't know of a single professional studio painter who paints standing up. I am sure there is one out there...but yeah its pretty impractical.
I think there are times when you need to stand up, because there are times when it's important to employ a full arm movement. I haven't painted, but I was doing charcoal today and I found that to be the case, and I could see it being the case in certain aspects of painting. If it's a large canvas.
and GN, your painting style is awesome.
but I guess I don't know what a "studio artist" is.
[edit] Granted, I bet in most situations you don't need a 10' by 10' canvas, but there are possible situations where you'd have a reason to use one other than overwhelming the audience with its size.
Dee- Thanks man
iglidante- ^
Yogurt- I took your advice, pics coming
dorito- I paint both standing and sitting down, it depends really what task is at hand.
srsizzy- thanks
cake- Yeah the bucket sucks, it's since been replaced.
Now which one of yall can guess who we are looking at in this postage stamp size photo?
And basically, all of the great master painters stood. So I don't know what cake is talking about. I had to stand for every observational drawing/painting class I took.
[edit] Also, I'm jealous of your studio space. But I don't need much a studio for my work, really.
Also to everyone talking about standing, this is the 21st fucking century. Sargent also often painted basically wearing a suit.
I also agree with iglidante; bigger detail picture would make the third one clearer.
updates. the second photo is stupidly skewed. My spot has the least ideal light conditions for shooting work, fixing that is a pending project.
Tam- the second one will probably get a similar treatment that the girl did.
facebook.com/LauraCatherwoodArt
I don't know what it is about this one but the face, and even bits of the body, look... Oddly child-like. Not in the way they're drawn, but that they actually look like children's facial features and arms and legs. It might be the definition, since they're not as defined as the dress, but other than that I'm not sure what it is. I mean, I'm assuming that it's not a child because of the developed tits, so there's that.
Anyone else see that/have better advice than I do?
fuck me silly i like the painting above that little girl. Holy shit i dont know why.
I think it looks childlike since the head is pretty big. Compare the head to the shoulders of the picture and then go look at a real women; real women have broader shoulders and smaller heads.
I must say I absolutely LOVE the color you are using in this painting OP. It's super rad. However I would recommend getting some photoref for the anatomy if you want to make it a portfolio piece- did you paint this from life, from a model? Take some pics of the model before she goes home next time so you can reference it.
Things you might want to fix if you have the time:
-The fingers. Were they foreshortened in real life? I've made hands like that in the past because I suck at foreshortening. Try defining them a little better. Lie if you have to so that her hands read better. Right now she looks like someone cut off her fingers at her knuckles and that's NO GOOD.
-Make her head smaller. It's way to big atm. So are her facial features, everything on her face is a little big. Her eyes are also a little high up on her face, usually eyes are closer to the middle.
-Fix her clavicle. Clavicle's don't make a v shape like that... they're usually a little higher too.
All anatomy issues aside I think it's really coming along. Your stuff is awesome so far, keep on posting your work. I LOVE your colors.
I can't think of anything to say about the first one except that I love the movement and gesture in it. It's beautiful!
I like drawing, cartoons, cookies, and shiny pointy objects.
valeryce- everything you said is on point, I'm still working on it, it's getting there.
Working on a series of smaller stuff this week, gunna put the larger guys on hold for a bit- give myself some time to dwell.
I spent some time reading this today, found on mullens website. I really suggest yall get into it, lot's of buried treasure.
http://www.goodbrush.com/misc/painting_lessons/sargent_notes.pdf
I like drawing, cartoons, cookies, and shiny pointy objects.
These all look promising GN looking forward to
That's it. I'm going as Bob Ross for halloween.
I dunno about that. If you mean the dip above her collarbone (I think that you do, by clavicle), then that isn't always a true statement. Maybe it is here, because her shoulders look fairly relaxed, but be careful about generalizations, because if you raise your shoulders your collarbone does form more of a V.
Looks closer.
Watch alot of the videos he does. Dude stands a lot. I only know because my mother was a wildlife artist and watched his videos religiously when I was a little girl.
not like that though, and not with the neck that thin, and the shoulders relaxed. and whatever the diagonal muscles leading up to the neck are, those are sloped too steeply (I think?).
here's some hot clavicle action:
"Vroom, baby. I like your chili pepper/undeveloped fetus/deflated phallus earrings. Wanna be come to a party in my pants tonight?"